Less than a month after the Battle of Liangguang and the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain ended, the war broke out again.

This time, however, the situation has been reversed.

Kuomintang troops surrounded the Japanese forces in North Vietnam from three directions: Guangxi, South Vietnam, and Hainan Island. Vietnam's Vinh city is almost directly opposite Sanya on Hainan Island, and with the help of the airports in these two cities, the Chinese Air Force can completely block the entire Beibu Gulf. Unless the Japanese Navy was willing to risk huge losses and force a breakthrough, it would have been impossible for the Japanese troops of three divisions to leave from the sea at all. And even if the Japanese Navy is willing to bear such losses, whether it can bring out all the soldiers of the three divisions is two words, and even if it can bring it out, I am afraid it will lose more than half. As for the narrow passage in the Leizhou Strait, don't even think about it, if the Japanese Navy passes through there, let alone save people, it will not even be able to run away.

Compared with the huge encirclement that was almost quietly formed in the south, the war situation in the north was in full swing from the beginning.

Under the unified command of Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the 129th Division, and the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army launched a campaign focusing on the attack on the Zhengtai Railway. For this battle, the Eighth Route Army first gathered 22 regiments on both sides of Zhengtai Road, and at the same time, it also deployed appropriate forces to carry out extensive sabotage attacks on the Tongpu, Pinghan, Jinpu, Beining, Deshi and other railways, as well as some major highways in North China, so as to cooperate with the battle of the Zhengtai Railway. And these places, although they have been transferred by Tada Jun, are still there

The Japanese army has 1 division, 2 wings of each of 2 divisions, 2 independent mixed brigades, 2 independent mixed brigades, 1 cavalry brigade and 1 brigade, more than 100,000 people, more than 100 aircraft, and about 150,000 puppet troops.

At this time, the Japanese army in North China was in the midst of a great victory at Zhongtiao Mountain, and it was extremely arrogant, but it did not want to be slapped head-on by the Eighth Route Army. The battle has only begun for three days. The occupied area was destroyed by more than 700 miles of railways and more than 2,000 miles of roads; more than 200 bridges and stations; More than 1,500 strongholds have been uprooted. This is not counting, because of the implementation of the so-called "cage policy", the Japanese puppet army was stationed too scattered near the base area, and in the face of the sudden concentration of the Eighth Route Army to launch an attack, it was caught off guard, and as a result, it directly lost more than 17,000 troops, and the puppet army was as high as more than 30,000 people.

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"How much? Did you figure it out? ”

The Eighth Route Army's sabotage war shook the whole country, and the number of enemy kills reported by it was even more shocking. The killing of more than 17,000 Japanese troops was much greater than the battle of Taierzhuang, which made Li Zongren's fame in China, and the victory of Wanjialing, which made Xue Yuewei famous. And relative to the ferocity of the Eighth Route Army. The vulnerable national army on Nakajo Mountain is simply obscene and unbearable. Lao Chiang, who was still happily planning to watch the Communist Party and the Japanese fight to the death, was like swallowing a big mouthful of dead flies, and he was as uncomfortable as he was. However, it was uncomfortable to return to the uncomfortable, and it was only three days before the "Zhengtai Road Campaign" began, and the numbers that appeared in various units of the Eighth Route Army startled him a lot, and he hurriedly asked people to count him.

"Report to the Commission. The Eighth Route Army sent a total of ...... troops this time 105 regiments! Zhang Zhizhong slowly handed the report to Chiang Kai-shek and replied cautiously.

"One-hundred-zero-five regiments?!" Chiang Kai-shek almost burst these words out between his teeth. "Just two divisions and one Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. There are only 105 regiments? ”

"Yes." Zhang Zhizhong took a breath and said softly: "This is just their more formal number. In this battle, many guerrillas and militia under the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle, and if they were all included, the total number of regiments would probably be more than 200. ”

"Niang Xipi—" Chiang Kai-shek scolded: "Where did they come from so many people? ”

"The Communist Party is the best at demagoguery, after the Xi'an incident. They found a reason to run out of Shaanxi, and naturally they would not let go of such a rare opportunity to develop their strength. Chen Guofu on the side said.

"I knew that he Mao Zedong was not a good man, so he sent a report, and immediately sent a report...... "Chiang Kai-shek's outstretched arm couldn't help shaking." Ask me Zhu De, where did all these units of their Eighteenth Army come from? Who gave them so much compilation? ”

"Commission," Zhang Zhizhong hurriedly stepped forward, "This is not appropriate!" Now that the Eighth Route Army is fighting fiercely with the Japanese army on both sides of Zhengtai Road, we will definitely provoke a lot of criticism if we question their establishment at this time. ”

"Niang Xipi. If the Communist Party is allowed to expand its army privately, won't I be allowed to ask? Chiang Kai-shek was furious, snatched the report from Zhang Zhizhong's hand, and pointed violently at the numbers inside: "Look at it, look at it yourself...... 105 regiments, a full 105 regiments! With the establishment of the Eighth Route Army, this is more than 200,000 people! It's only been a few years? How many years have they only been out of northern Shaanxi? When we drove them to northern Shaanxi, they only had only 20,000 troops left, but now it has increased more than ten times in less than three years! In the long run, where will we still have a place in this country? ”

"But it's ...... to sit down"

"Bench, Brother Wen Bai is right, questioning Zhu De and Peng Dehuai at this time will only make people laugh." Looking at the furious Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Guofu sighed, but he could only step forward and persuade: "Those people dare to talk nonsense, they will not see under what circumstances Zhongtiao Mountain and Zhengtai Road were fought, and it is impossible to tell that the main force of the Japanese army brought to Zhongtiao Mountain by Tada Jun is almost armed to the teeth; And the Eighth Route Army only dealt with some old and weak miscellaneous soldiers who stayed behind. They will only say that the Eighth Route Army won a great victory and eliminated how many Japanese and puppet armies it exterminated. At this time, to question Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, if they talk about this matter outside, it will only make us lose face. ”

"Then let the Communist Party bypass it like this?" Chiang Kai-shek said angrily: "What about these 105 regiments? What about the more than 200,000 Eighth Route Army? ”

"Bench, I think we can wait." Chen Guofu said with a smile: "Tada Jun suffered this big loss, and he will definitely take revenge." He now has more than 100,000 elites in his hands! ”

"Didn't the CCP expect this?" Zhang Zhizhong glanced at Chen Guofu, "And we also promised Zhu De and them that as long as they launched a sabotage attack on Zhengtai Road, so that Tatianjun was powerless to look west and give up his plot against Shaanxi, he would allocate two bomber and transport aircraft brigades to help them contact Mao Zedong in Kulun and transport materials to each other." And with the help of coming to Khalkha and even the USSR. Even if Tada Jun turns back and retaliates, they may not be afraid, at least not for a short time. ”

"Mother, Xipi! They are expanding their army privately, and they want me to hand over the air force to them again? You go back and tell them that there are no doors! Chiang Kai-shek scolded again.

"But the commission, we have an agreement with the Communist Party before...... "Zhang Zhizhong said.

"What if there is an agreement? It was they who disobeyed the orders of the Military Council in the front! Chiang Kai-shek shouted as he slapped the table.

"The commissioner is right. In addition, we still surrounded the three divisions of the Japanese in North Vietnam, and the air force had to constantly transport troops, especially bombers, to Hainan, and it had to strictly guard the surrounding areas of Hainan, and not allow a single Japanese ship to get close. Is this a multitask? Not to mention that it is related to the safety of Hainan Island. The three Japanese divisions in North Vietnam alone are not as important as how many times Zhu De contacted Mao Zedong? Chen Guofu was also on the side to help.

"Brother Zu Tao, what you said is easy and the reason is sufficient, but don't forget. The agreement with the Eighth Route Army was told by Qin Wei to Zhou En in person. Zhang Zhizhong looked at Chen Guofu. Said slowly: "Although Qin Wei is sometimes out of tune. But he has always opposed the internal strife between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. And we all know very well that he dares to be ruthless to the Japanese, as well as Britain, the United States, France and other countries, and even pits to death, but treats his own people, but he has always spit on a pit. There is no remorse for what is said. If we really break the agreement, how will he explain it? ”

"What are these words? Isn't Qin Wei a general of the national army? Chen Guofu retorted, but his heart sank slightly. Zhang Zhizhong was right, if he really did that. Qin Wei's side is really hard to explain. And that kid did mention it more than once in front of them, resolutely opposing the internal strife between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the Anti-Japanese War. This is well known. This agreement was personally negotiated by that kid with Zhou Enlai, and if he stirred up the situation by himself, he might be worried about that kid. Look at the Japanese in those three divisions of North Vietnam...... If this kid wins another battle and comes with great success, I'm afraid he will not be able to deal with it for a while.

"You don't have to worry about this? The content of the agreement with the Eighth Route Army was actually Qin Wei's idea, "Hearing Zhang Zhizhong's reminder, Chiang Kai-shek was also a little embarrassed. He didn't worry about others, he didn't talk for the first time anyway, but Qin Wei still had something to ask for. After Britain and the United States heard the news of the Battle of Nakajo Mountain, they directly questioned whether the Nationalist Government was capable of defeating the Japanese, and the support that should have been given was stopped. Although the tide of the war in Guangxi has now reversed, it may still be difficult to dispel the doubts of Britain and the United States. In the past, "when the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels" refers to making money, but now this sentence represents the "boom" of large sums of gold and US dollars, and the news of the dozen or so large oil fields in Libya that Qin Wei gave him is now useless. Italy's Mussolini had long been interested in the fertile land of Libya, where 500,000 Italian troops had rushed and were currently fighting with 50,000 British troops...... No matter who wins at that time, before the end of the war, he wants to sell the oil fields to make money. He only hoped that Qin Wei could get some more good things out now to make up for his losses, of course it was impossible to annoy that kid. However, thinking about the words that Qin Wei persuaded him to "exchange" with the Eighth Route Army, he felt that Qin Wei should not be particularly resolute in opposing the Communist Party at this time.

"I believe he would never have imagined that the Communist Party had grown to its current size in less than three years...... So, he should support my decision. ”

"Bench, Qin Wei...... His decisions were often the most out of the ordinary. Zhang Zhizhong secretly pursed his lips, so that he would not believe Chiang Kai-shek's judgment. If this old man's judgment had been accurate, he would have unified the whole of China long ago.

"Is it possible to send a telegram asking him if he can't?"

Chen Guofu asked in a sullen voice, but immediately after, he regretted his words. Because after Lao Jiang glanced at him, he actually nodded,

"He drew up the agreement, so it doesn't hurt to ask! Just send a telegram. ”

"It's over!"

Chen Guofu couldn't wait to slap his two mouths directly. What is not good, you have to say this? If Qin Wei opposed Lao Jiang's decision, then Lao Jiang would definitely feel dissatisfied, but it was he Chen Guofu who proposed to send the telegram...... Lao Jiang will not trouble Qin Wei for the time being, but he will definitely be angry with him as the proposer. However, no matter how remorseful he is, since Lao Jiang has already said it, he has to do it. Chen Guofu went to send a telegram in a daze, and at the same time thought about how he would argue in front of Lao Jiang at that time. Because he didn't have much hope for the possibility that Qin Weihui would agree to tear up the agreement. But he didn't expect that the truth was once again beyond his expectations, Qin Wei quickly replied to the telegram, the content of the telegram was as expected, resolutely opposed to breach of contract, but this kid added a sentence after the most reluctant: "Air Force transport, the Eighth Route Army will inevitably assemble, if Tada Jun learns the news, he will definitely go to ......" (to be continued......